For the past 25 years, many farmers across Nebraska have relied on the chemical glyphosate for weed control to have a successful crop harvest.
Plants & Animals
Apr 19, 2021
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Horseweed is considered one of the most troublesome weeds in the United States and Canada—able to produce devastating losses in both corn and soybean yields when left uncontrolled. Populations of herbicide-resistant horseweed ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2020
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Being able to identify crop problems early can make the difference between saving a crop and losing it, but high-tech solutions can be costly. An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks a new approach leveraging existing ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2020
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To some, farming might seem simple: plant seeds, help them grow, then sell the product. But the reality is much different. Farming requires many complex decisions throughout the year.
Environment
May 13, 2020
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Corn and soybean fields look similar from space - at least they used to. But now, scientists have proven a new technique for distinguishing the two crops using satellite data and the processing power of supercomputers.
Environment
Apr 4, 2018
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An Oakland-based startup is sending its aerial imaging technology to the Midwestern plains to help farmers detect pests and diseases in their corn and soybean fields before an outbreak.
Engineering
Dec 26, 2017
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Scouting soybean fields and identifying diseases are some of the tasks that Kristina Petrović performs as a research associate at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Serbia. She is expanding her work on pathogens ...
Biotechnology
Nov 6, 2017
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Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can't survive winter without a host ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2017
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Although corn and soybeans do not need insects for pollination, they do offer floral resources that are used by insect pollinators. So what kind of insects are commonly found in corn and soybean fields? The answer to that ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2016
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What's good for crops is not always good for the environment. Nitrogen, a key nutrient for plants, can cause problems when it leaches into water supplies. University of Illinois engineers developed a model to calculate the ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2016
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